Please note, This is a new version I wrote to tie in with the 5th Chapter, there has been chapter skipping and stuff, you might want to skim over this chapter is you have already read Chapter 4. Sorry for any troubles. :)
Previously,
Alice and Shaun went to the park as Shaun's father told them to leave the house as he had work to do. Shaun got beaten up and Alice obtained a new strange deck with a new birthmark to go with it. What's happening in this crazy world? Find out now,
Chapter/Episode 4 - 'Shadows of the Past'
The city was asleep; darkness had flooded the streets of New Domino City. It was the time when predators and other night walkers walked the streets looking for something to do or steal to make some money. In the heart of the city, stood a large tower that was in ruins. At the very top of this tower, 3 hooded figures stood drenched in their black cloaks, their faces masked in the darkness of the night. Above them stood the full moon that showed the three what the town was up to at this time.
"Beautiful, don't you think" the middle man asked.
The three just stood there for what seemed an hour when the one to the right finally said something to the middle man.
"Sir, we have Ali on line one" he said.
The man in the middle flicked a device in his left hand and a plasma screen emitted from the device.
"Patch him through Jaffa" the middle man said.
"Right away sir" the man now identified as Jaffa said, pressing a button on his own device.
The screen lit up and another hooded figure appeared, he was known as Ali.
"What did you find out for me" the middle man asked.
"Sir, Alice has the deck and she defeated someone in the park earlier today, I even saw the birthmark appear on her arm" Ali told him.
"Excellent, everything is coming together nicely" the middle man began, and then there was a slight pause.
"Ali?" he began.
"Yes sir" Ali responded.
"I need you to keep track of Alice for me, when day rise arrives and she awakens, I am sure she will be looking for more answers now" the middle man ordered Ali.
"Right away sir" Ali responded, as his image disappeared from the screen in the middle man's hand.
The cloaked man in the middle slightly lifted his head to look up at the large round moon in the noisy night's sky. As he looked up, the moons light gave away a glimpse of the man's face, his eyes were fiery red and he had a marker down his face, that's all that could be seen. He walked closer to the edge of the tower and began to look down; watching all the thieves and scoundrels that still wandered the streets of satellite at night.
"Sir, it will soon be sunrise and we need to finalise the plans" Jaffa began.
"Oh I can't wait, we haven't been in a tournament in years" Burdok interrupted.
"I hope you realise that this tournament will be to test Alice and not for your personal amusement Burdok" the middle man began to say in a slightly more annoyed tone.
"Yes, I understand sir" Burdok replied.
"Finally, the chosen few of the legendary prophecy have begun to awaken, soon we will defeat them and become gods on this planet" the middle man began to say whilst looking over city.
The three men on the top of the tower began to laugh. The laugh echoed through the streets of Satellite, over the half built bridge and into the streets of Domino.
An alarm clock began to go off.
Alice managed to get her sleepy arm over to the clock and knock it off the bed side table. She figured she would give herself a few more minutes; Shaun's spare bed was way more comfy than her own bed. After an hour had past, she figured it was time to get out. In one quick motion, she got out of bed; quick like a cat was her way of describing it. She worked her way to the bathroom to get ready. She began to stare in the mirror, or more importantly, her arm where the birthmark kept appearing.
'Why does it keep going' she wondered to herself.
It didn't take long for Alice to get ready, an hour was all she needed to prepare for her day, and she thought it was reasonable. She clipped her new deck to her belt and picked up the new deck she built with Shaun last night for using with the D-Wheel. In the package that mystery man had left her, she had spares of her new cards and built a riding deck based on them. She hooked a new deck box on the other side of her jeans and clipped the new deck in place before heading down stairs where Shauns mum was making breakfast.
"Good morning Alice" Shaun's mum said with a smile as Alice entered the kitchen.
"Morning Mrs Follis" Alice replied with a smile.
Alice thought Mrs Follis was amazing, and a very good cook. She always had a smile on her face and was always in the kitchen making pie, cakes and other foods. She was always jealous of Shaun for that.
"Would you like some eggs" Mrs Follis asked.
"Sorry Mrs Follis, but I and Shaun were supposed to be at the library this morning" Alice replied quickly getting some things packed.
"That's why he is in such a hurry, I had to make him a packed lunch early this morning, he was in a mood cause you were still asleep" Mrs Follis was saying.
Alice heading for the door, turned back.
"Well us girls have to sleep, isn't that right Mrs Follis" Alice said with a smile.
Mrs Follis chuckled with a smile.
"Have a nice day Mrs Follis" Alice said as he left the house.
"You too dear" Mrs Follis shouted back as the door slammed.
Mrs Follis sighed and then went back to the kitchen worktop where she was prepare dinner, out of her nosey nature, she peered out of the kitchen window, which looked out onto the front of the house to see what they were up to.
'Crazy kids always getting themselves into bother, just like her father was' she thought before forgetting about what they were doing and back to her cooking.
Alice, jumping down the stairs that lead to the front door, looked over towards what Shaun was doing. Shaun was jumping around while his dad was tweaking around with the D-Wheel they were building.
"There you are sleepy head! Your always blaming me for being late!" Shaun began in a very quick hyper tone as Alice walked over to him.
"Yeh, yeh Shaun. It's different when it's the weekend" Alice replied before turning her attention to Mr Follis.
"Is that an engine" Alice asked.
"Yeh, my dad got it first thing this morning from the dealer" Shaun replied.
"It's nearly ready to go" Shaun added.
"I didn't know you were good with D-Wheelers Mr Follis" Alice said, looking down at Mr Follis as he was underneath the D-Wheel.
"Well.." Mr Follis began coming out from under the D-Wheel.
"You could say I had a good teacher" He added.
"Is it ready dad" Shaun questioned, now sounding extremely anxious.
"It should work, yes Shaun" Mr Follis, his dad replied.
"But, I want Alice to drive it" Mr Follis added.
"What, why" Shaun demanded to know.
"You're extremely anxious, it's obvious to me. Whereas Alice is a bit calmer, you can try it later, once you calmed down Shaun" His dad replied.
Alice picked up one of the helmets and handed it to Shaun.
"You might want to wear this and no back seat driving" Alice added with a slight smile.
"Oh, don't start Alice, I know what you can be like" Shaun replied in a rather annoyed tone.
"I'm not starting anything Shaun, that's you just being funny with me" Alice said in her usual
casual tone while slipping on the spare helmet and climbing onto the D-Wheel.
Alice reached over to the screen and tapped it, she knew the electronics very well since she built the electronic system for this D-Wheel. The screen lit up and a button appeared on screen that read, 'Engine Start'. Alice tapped the button on the screen and in an instant, the D-Wheel sprung to life.
"It's working!" Cried Shaun in extreme excitement and joy.
Alice gripped onto the throttle and gave it a light squeeze. The engine began to roar louder
as the revs got more and more. She let go of the throttle and began to position herself for driving. She tapped the screen once again and this time a map appeared. She managed to salvage a GPS system from an old car and hack into it, allowing them full GPS on the D-Wheel.
"You ready Shaun" Alice asked.
"You bet I'm ready" Shaun replied quickly.
"Then next stop, library" Alice said, taking the brakes off and slamming on the throttle.
The D-Wheel burst into action as it took off, Alice quickly steered to the left and the D-Wheel shot off in that direction, she knew where the library was, but she was grateful that the GPS was there to give her a helping hand. All the shops she used to pass while walking seemed to just buzz by in a flicker of light.
"Should we be going this quick Alice" Shaun questioned, beginning to feel slightly nervous seeing as Alice had never driven a D-Wheel before but was speeding at incredible speeds.
"It's fine Shaun, it feels like I am a pro at this" Alice replied.
"But you have never driven one before" Shaun said, now beginning to fear for his own life.
"Relax Shaun, we are almost there too" Alice reassured her friend.
Sure enough, a few turns here and there and the duo had arrived at the library. Once the D-Wheel had come to a halt, Shaun was quick to jump off, a bit of a change since he was so eager for the ride to begin with, although he would have preferred driving of course.
Alice climbed off the D-Wheel and took off her helmet. She shook her head from side to side while her hair fell back into its place. She put the helmet in the storage compartment in the
D-Wheel and then turned her attention to Shaun.
Shaun, now kneeling on the ground, clutching his stomach as though he was going to throw up looked up at Alice.
"You drive like a maniac, you would fail your driving test" Shaun began.
"Well, let's be glad that there's no tests in Satellite" Alice replied with a smile on her face.
Shaun, now feeling better, got up and sorted himself out, he always felt the girl and Alice
more of a guy, she was fearless, and well, he was a sissy. If he ever told her that, she would
slap him one for being stupid, like last time, so he doesn't let it bother him that often.
"Are we going inside or are you going to think about being sick" Alice shouted at Shaun, as she was now waiting at the entrance.
"Yeh, yeh, I'm coming" Shaun replied rushing over to Alice.
As the two of them entered the newly built Satellite library, a cloaked man, reasonably short
in height watched the two of them, he was perched at the top of the library roof, the library was a high building, so nobody would notice him up there.
He raised his hand to his mouth and began to speak.
"Alice and Shaun have gone into the library, I will wait for them to exit and then I shall make
my move" He spoke into a device on his hand.
Inside the library, Alice and Shaun had managed to get setup at one of the only computers in Satellite; they seemed to be the only ones in the library.
"Why did she give me a weird look when I said my name" Alice wondered as she began to sit down.
"She's like eighty years old Alice, give her a break" Shaun replied, typing into the computer.
"What are you searching Shaun" Alice asked, peering over at the screen.
"Well, I have been keying in all the information you gave me, trying to find a match" Shaun replied, looking up with a disappointing face.
"You couldn't find anything" Alice began to say.
"There is no record of a Stuart King, he does not exist" Shaun went on.
Alice began to sit on her chair, she was beginning to think about these two words she was given. She raised her head when she thought she had the answer.
"Shaun, look up a list of all the duel kings to win the Fortune Cup and WRGP" She began, now feeling like she was getting somewhere.
Shaun typed into the keyboard, did a couple of clicks, followed by a bit more typing. Finally, he stopped and stared at the screen.
"The only Stuart that's been king is a guy named, Stuart James, that's not even your last name Alice" Shaun said.
"Let me have a look" Alice said, pushing Shaun out of the way to look at the screen.
She was immediately drawn in by the distinctive mark on his right arm, she knew it from somewhere, yes, it was the same mark on her arm. What did this mean to her, was her last name made up by her grandmother to protect her? She had to know more, she had to find that cloaked man. Just then Shaun let out a whistle, like when your impressed by something.
"This guy was king of both the Fortune Cup and WRGP for years before failing to show up eighteen years ago, he hasn't been on the circuit since" Shaun read off the profile sheet.
"That would have made me one" Alice stated, looking at the screen.
"Alice, it's getting on, and using the computer isn't exactly cheap, we will come back another time" Shaun said, dragging Alice from the computer.
Alice didn't want to leave, she was fixed on this image of what she believed could be her father, the man she has been searching for ever since she could remember. Maybe if she could find that cloaked man, he would give her more information. She finally gave up to Shaun, and they headed out the building.
The darkness of the night began to sweep over the ruined city of Satellite. Alice and Shaun headed for the D-Wheel in a hurry, they better get home before all the thieves start to roam about, security gets tight and they didn't want to be in trouble. As Alice and Shaun headed for the D-Wheel, Alice heard the revving of a D-Wheel; it was getting louder and louder.
"Get down" Alice screamed.
As the two hit the deck, a D-Wheel screamed over there head and landed just in front of them before speeding forward. The D-Wheel made a quick 180 degree turn and stopped still.
Alice, now getting up off the ground, looked over at the long black D-Wheel, but it wasn't the style of D-Wheel, it was the guy riding it. Alice was shocked to learn that a cloaked man had just tried to run down her and Shaun.
"Right, just who are you" Alice shouted over towards the cloaked man.
He gave off slight smirk barley visible from under his hood.
"Duel me" he said calmly.
"You think I am just going to duel you right now, you have another thing coming" Alice replied, sounding seriously annoyed.
"Well, I will give you the option, either follow me and duel me, or not learn about that man you were researching" the cloaked man began, turning his D-Wheel around and beginning to drive off.
"Shaun, take the back route, I'm going after this guy" Alice requested.
"Alice, don't be stupid, let's go back" Shaun replied.
"No, I'm going after him, I have to" Alice went on, raising her voice.
"Ok then" Shaun replied softly, looking down to the ground.
"Thanks Shaun" Alice said, sounding very thankful.
Alice jumped onto the D-Wheel and started it up. She grabbed her new riding deck and slotted it into the deck zone. She slid the helmet and then turned to Shaun.
"Take care of yourself Shaun, I am sorry" Alice said.
"Go, before you lose him" Shaun shouted.
Alice nodded and began to speed off after the cloaked man.
Shaun stood there and watched as she disappeared into the darkness.
'You better take care of yourself' Shaun said to himself before turning away and headed home.
Alice had managed to catch up with the cloaked man, but he was going slowly for her to catch up anyway. Alice gave an evil glare towards the mystery man in the cloak and he began to laugh.
"I hope you know what you're doing" the cloaked man began.
"Tell me your name" Alice interrupted in a serious tone.
"Ok, they call me Ali, I have been sent to watch you" the cloaked man, now known as Ali, dropped his hood and revealed his face. His eyes, they seemed so lifeless and the marker that was down his face, showed that he must be a criminal. His face seemed to have had some scaring from past battles, or fire burns, she couldn't tell.
"Ok, I guess you know my name" Alice said.
"Now let's get on with this duel" Alice added.
"If you're sure you know what you're doing Alice" Ali began.
"I'm not a little kid, I know what I am doing" Alice replied, glaring at Ali.
"Well as they say in the old days when I was your age, It's time to duel" Ali shouted.
Both Ali and Alice touched there screen, both D-Wheels flicked into action.
'Dual Mode on... Auto Pilot Standing By' the machine began to say, as the Duel Disks on the D-Wheels flicked into their appropriate places and the area around them flicked into 'speed world'
The decks shuffled automatically, and both of them drew there five cards to begin with.
Alice's arm began to respond, now giving off its orange glow, her family crest, now showing in full. She could feel the burning; it felt a lot more intense than normal. She quickly glanced over to Ali and noticed a red symbol, also on the right arm, representing what looked like a fire.
'Who is this guy' She wondered.
"Riding Duel.." They both shouted.
"Acceleration" They then added.
Life Points - Alice(4000) Ali(4000)
Speed Counters - Alice(0) Ali(0)
"I'll start" Alice said, drawing a card.
She quickly looked over the cards in her hand, still not completely sure what to do, she chose the one she thought was best and in one fluid motion placed it on the Duel Disk.
"I'll summon Holy Shield in defence mode" Alice called.
A bright light burst onto the field and formed in the shape of a large shield. (Def: 1400)
"I'll place two cards face down" Alice stated, placing two cards into the spell and trap zone.
"That ends my turn" Alice said, glancing over to Ali.
The speed counters increased by 1 as it becomes Ali's turn.
Life Points - Alice(4000) Ali(4000)
Speed Counters - Alice(1) Ali(1)
"My move then" Ali said calmly, taking a card from the top of his deck.
Before making his move, Ali glanced over at his screen.
'All clear for now' he thought.
"Ok Alice, let's see what you can do" Ali shouted over at Alice.
"I summon my Solar Flare Dragon" Ali said, placing a card onto the duel disk.
A large fire wyvern busts out of the ground and follows along with the D-Wheel. (Atk: 1500)
"Solar Flare Dragon, attack that little dust shield" Ali commanded, pointing his finger at the Holy Shield on Alice's side of the field.
The Solar Flare Dragon, snaking its way towards the shield, dives at the shield and then finally breathes fire onto the shield. The shield does not shatter.
"Holy Shield can negate being destroyed once every turn" Alice stated, shielding her eyes after the impact.
"I will place three cards face down and end my turn" Ali finished, placing his cards onto his duel disk.
Both speed counters raise by one, as it becomes Alice's turn.
Life Points - Alice(4000) Ali(4000)
Speed Counters - Alice(2) Ali(2)
"My turn, Draw" Alice said, drawing her card.
"Stop there" Ali called, pointing his finger over to Alice.
"Solar Flare Dragons effect kicks in, you take 500 points of damage during your standby phase" Ali began, laughing.
The Solar Flare Dragon, rose up in the air, and looked down on Alice's D-Wheel. It began to breathe fire, hitting Alice square on. Alice let out a scream as the flames licked around her body and D-Wheel, her life point counter dropping by 500 and her speed counters dropped by 1. (3500)
'Why does this feel so real' Alice wondered to herself.
"Next, I activate two of my face down cards, two Backfires" Ali added, as two trap cards raised, revealing the Backfire trap card.
Ali began to laugh as the two D-Wheels were speeding down the old Satellite highway.
"What's so funny" Alice asked.
"My final trap card" Ali replied, smirking. He reached over and pressed the button on his duel disk.
The card slowly lifted up to reveal another trap.
"Ring of Destruction" Ali screamed out.
"I'm selecting my own Solar Flare Dragon" Ali pointed at his monster as a ring wraps around it's neck.
Alice looked stunned; she knew that the backfires would finish her off. Ali began to laugh as his Solar Flare Dragon exploded by the Ring of Destruction. Smoke began to cover both of the D-Wheels, Ali feels his own life point's drop by 1500 and his speed counters dropping by 2. (2500)
Alice begins to scream as the fire licks around her body once again; the fire begins to burn her skin, her life point counter drops by 2500 and further drops her speed counters by 1 to make 0. (1000)
Alice pants as the steam comes off of her body, her eyes widen and seemed almost lifeless.
"How does it feel Alice" Ali asked.
"What the hell is this pain" She demanded to know.
"I will admit, I didn't think you would survive that, the pain of a duel in the fires of hell" Ali replied with a smirk.
"Hell Rider" Alice blurted out.
Ali just smirked and issued Alice to continue with her turn.
'Low life, no speed counters and damage actually hurts, what can I do' Alice though.
Alice looked over her hand, the card she just drew, it was Yago. She thought back to when it helped out against Crusher. But there were no monsters on his side of the field, he was wide open and with a monster on her side of the field, she would need to sacrifice Holy Shield in order to summon Yago.
'Right, I know what I must do' Alice thought.
"Win" Alice screamed out.
"First off, I sacrifice my Holy Shield to summon God's Soldier, Yago" Alice continued, slamming the card onto the duel disk.
The Holy Shield burnt into shards of pixels and then shot up into the sky. A flurry of light pulsed from the sky and a female soldier descended from the light in the sky. She landed on the ground, her long hair caught in the wind, her white paladin armour shining in the light. (Atk: 2000)
"I activate my trap card, Life after Death" Alice went on.
"I can remove a monster from my graveyard, like my Holy Shield to special summon a monster from my hand with equal to or less stars" Alice explained, as she was getting fired up.
Alice flicked through her hand and selected the monster she was going to special summon. She picked up the card and placed it onto the duel disk.
"Come forth, Phoenix, Bird of Fire" She called.
A large fire bird burst onto the field, soaring into the air. The birds beautiful long red feathers flapping in the win caused by the speed. (Atk: 500)
"No, a synchro summon" Ali questioned, raising his voice in surprise.
"That's right, I'm tuning the level 2 Phoenix with the level 5 Yago" Alice said, throwing her hand in the air.
Both of the monsters, Yago and Phoenix flew up into the air, both separating into rings of light and stars, they began to align with each other and a burst of fiery light appeared.
"When the valley of god reopens.. And they are needed once more.. I call them back.. Synchro Summon, Blaze! Yago, Princess of Fire" Alice cried.
The light slowly began to fade and a new creature stood, It was a small girl with red hair sitting inside half a phoenix egg, she popped her head out for a few seconds before returning inside the shell. (Atk: 2300)
Ali began to laugh, pointing over towards the monster.
"That monster isn't strong enough to finish me off Alice, I will win next turn, you watch" Ali began, declaring his victory.
"Now, Yago, Princess of Fire direct attack" Alice commanded.
A huge bird flew out of the egg and into the sky, it made a small screech and then fired a blaze of fire onto Ali's D-Wheel burning him in the process. Ali let out a small groan, as if he was enjoying the pain he was being put through. His life points started to drop till he only had 200 left. (200)
"I end my turn with that" Alice said smoothly, now letting the adrenaline fade.
Both Alice's and Ali's speed counters raised by 1, leaving them with 1 each.
Life Points - Alice(1000) Ali(200)
Speed Counters - Alice(1) Ali(1)
A light flashed on Ali's D-Wheel, he quickly looked at it forgetting the fact he was in a duel and was fixed on it.
'Damn, they are here, I'm going to have to end this quick' Ali thought.
"It's been fun Alice, but it ends here, Draw" Ali again declaring victory while drawing the top card of his deck.
"I activate my speed spell, Adrenaline Shot, when I have 3 or less speed counters, I can increase my counters by 3 until the end of this turn, but I must discard a card from my hand, thats make my speed counters 4" Ali placed the card into the duel disk and discarded a card from his hand.
'He has 4 speed counters now, whats he planning' Alice wondered.
"Next, I activate another speed spell, Explosive Rebirth" Ali went on.
"By removing 4 speed counters I can special summon 2 fire type monsters in my graveyard, I select my Solar Flare Dragon and Pyro Summoner" Ali declared, taking the cards from his grave and placing them onto his duel disk.
'What are some of these cards' Alice began to wonder who this guy was.
"Now, this is where you meet the monster of your destruction Alice, I tune the level 3 Pyro Summoner with the level 4 Solar Flare Dragon" Ali pointed into the sky.
The two monsters took off into the sky and burst into pixels of light, then forming into rings of light and bright stars. They alligned with each other before a bright light shot out of the allignment.
"With the power of my mark, I pray to the demons of the underworld, release my monster so it can do my bidding, Synchro Summon, raise from the pits of hell, Hells Demon, Tortured Baby" Ali threw his hand in the air and the ground began to shake.
The ground began to split and an opening could be seen. A baby with spikes through it's face and mouth that looked chared all over, like it had been burning in hell for a few years before being revealed again suddenly started to rise from the ground. It let out a huge wail before becomming still. (Atk: 3300)
"Tortured Baby attack her Yago, Princess of Fire with your Spikes of Eternal hHll" Ali screamed and then began to laugh.
The baby lifted up it's right arm which was covered in spikes, suddenly a few dislodged and shot towards Alice's monster. The first two spikes collided with Yago, Princess of Fire, which burst speared the young girl inside the egg twice, she then burst into a flurry of pixels. The final spike smashed into the back of Alices D-Wheel, this made the D-Wheel wobble abit.
Alice let go of the controls and grabbed her stomach, she was in terrible pain. She suddenly let out a painfull yell as her life points dropped to 0. (0)
Ali swerved his D-Wheel and took off down and alley away from the duel, the area around Alice, that was once speed world had gone and brought back to reality. Alice's high speed D-Wheel suddenly buckled and spun out of control, Alice let go of her painfully stomach and tried to correct the D-Wheel to stop it from crashing but failed to do so. The D-Wheel controls malfunctioned and the D-Wheel crashed head on into a pile of rubble at the side of the road.
A few minutes later and Alice opened her eyes, she felt the blood pouring down her face, the helmet was cracked in several places, she reached her hand forward, it was covered in her blood and dirt from the ground. She could begin hear sirens comming to her location, she had to get out of here, but she was in so much pain. Alice made an attempt to move before falling unconscious.
Authors Note:
I know this took a long time to write and it's probably not even that good but I have an excuse, yes that's right. I took a long leave to catch up on school work, and start Uni. Also I wanted to break and try new things. Of course this has made me rusty, so I apologies for the rubbish writing, It will get better. Please email and review your thoughts and comments on this chapter, I look forward to hearing from you.
The duel cuts short, yes. I was starting to lose myself, between this, Bones and MSN talking about Airsoft skirmishing. I promise to get you an interesting duel if your patient with me. Once again I can give you partial deck lists for characters for you to read.
I'm having a bit of a block at the moment, I had loads of ideas but the leave has left me with the titles as the only decent thing I have left. I will come back and make it more interesting!
Thanks for reading. I have some spare time now, I will get Chapter 5 out soon.
Next time on Yu-Gi-Oh HR:
Alice awakens after her accident, but what has happened to her, who are these people, where am I being taken to?
Next time, Episode 5 - 'Alice, Securities Wrath'